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Written question asked by Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 November 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 November 2023 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 15 November 2023. A substantive answer was provided by Maria Caulfield (Conservative) on Monday, 4 December 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Mental Health Services: Artificial Intelligence

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 29 March 2023 to Question 173068 on Mental Health Services: Artificial Intelligence, when he plans to publish the results of the app testing.

Answer

The real-world testing of WYSA, which is one of the projects for the AI in Health and Care Award, finished in August 2023. The results are being independently evaluated by a Technology Specific Evaluation team from iCAIRD and are expected to be published early 2024.

Evaluations of AI in Health and Care projects will fill key evidence gaps for relevant published evidence standards frameworks and focus on accuracy, safety, effectiveness, value, fit with site, implementation, feasibility of scale up and sustainability of scale up.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
373
Session
2023-24
Related items
Mental Health Services: Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Software Mental health services Testing Artificial intelligence
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk